IPOs and Capital Markets

Gordon MRM has advised participants in the three largest IPOs undertaken in Ireland since the financial crisis.

In 2017 the firm was appointed to advise the Department of Finance in respect of the IPO of AIB PLC, the largest IPO in Europe in 2017.

Later that year the firm was appointed to advise Glenveagh Properties PLC on its successful IPO.

In 2015 the firm advised Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc on its IPO - the first by any Irish Bank since the financial crisis.

The firm has also advised participants on various capital market activities including the sale of non-core assets and loan books, the sale of Irish Government Debt and the sale of specialist securities. Clients in this area include the NTMA, NAMA, the Irish Stock Exchange and Permanent TSB.

The firm was advisor for the IPO of AIB PLC and Permanent TSB Group Holdings PLC.

The firm's founder, Ray Gordon, worked in-house with Ireland's largest life and pensions company before setting up on his own. Senior Consultant David Clerkin worked in Internal Audit and branch banking with Bank of Ireland before moving to journalism and then PR where he spent a short time as Head of Communications with Danske Bank Ireland.

Property Sector

Gordon MRM represents a range of clients in the property sector including listed housebuilder Glenveagh Properties PLC, the National Asset Management Agency / NAMA, the online property listing company MyHome.ie, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland - one of the key representative bodies in the sector and one of the largest mortgage banks in the country Permanent TSB.

Health Sector

Gordon MRM has huge experience of working with clients in the health sector. The firm works with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Dental Association. Previously the firm worked with the Irish Pharmacy Union for many years and Ray Gordon advised the Association of Irish Optometrists.

The firm has advised the IMO and the IPU through protracted, high profile disputes and on various other issues.

Through this work, Gordon MRM has close familiarity with the medical press in specialist and national media and with the professional and political issues which influence that space.

Member Organisations & Representative Bodies

Gordon MRM works with many of the leading representative bodies in the country including the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), the Irish Dental Association (IDA) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland (SCSI).

Our experience helps us to understand the particular dynamics that make member organisations a unique and dynamic force.